Dallas Woodhouse

Dallas Woodhouse, an employee in the state auditor’s office, provided Republican members of county elections boards in New Hanover and Anson counties with a step-by-step guide on firing their executive directors. The guidance, revealed through a public records request by American Oversight, included templates and instructions for justifying terminations to state elections officials.

The North Carolina Auditor’s office is accused of not complying with public records laws by a left-leaning nonprofit, American Oversight, regarding communications from former employee Dallas Woodhouse. Woodhouse, who worked as an elections liaison, has been involved in controversial text exchanges with Republican county officials, and the Auditor’s office claims it no longer has access to his personal devices for record retrieval.

Democrats on the North Carolina State Board of Elections sought to subpoena Dallas Woodhouse to question his communications with county elections chairs, but Republican member Stacy Eggers rejected the request, citing First Amendment concerns. Woodhouse, now with the State Auditor’s Office, had previously worked for the North Carolina Republican Party and was involved in advising county boards on early voting plans.

North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek was involved in efforts to influence early voting plans in Republican-leaning counties, including Yadkin County, where a local elections board chair sought his office's intervention over a planned relocation of the county's only early voting site. Boliek's office, which gained appointment powers over elections officials through a 2024 law, has been linked to guidance on polling site decisions and Sunday voting hours, with a former GOP operative playing a role in gathering voting plans.

Dallas Woodhouse, a former GOP operative hired by state auditor Dave Boliek to assist with elections, resigned after controversies emerged over his involvement in early voting site decisions in Jackson County. County GOP elections board members alleged pressure to reject a Western Carolina University campus polling site, with records showing Woodhouse advised against allowing a vote on the matter. His resignation letter acknowledged potential missteps in advice and communication.

Dallas Woodhouse, a former GOP operative and state Republican Party leader, was reassigned from his role as elections liaison in North Carolina’s auditor’s office. The move followed reports of his involvement in efforts to alter early voting sites, including a controversial text message to a county board chairman urging against a vote on the issue. Woodhouse previously advised GOP election officials to limit early voting hours.